Campus News

Professors interpret, students react to midterm results

Voters across the country filled in ballots for the 2026 midterm elections Nov. 3, determining the American political landscape for the next two years....

Electric vehicle charging policy sparks student concern

Occidental's campus features multiple charging stations for residents who drive electric vehicles (EVs). A new policy was put in place July 1 outlining the...

In first Occidental talk, Dean Bos discusses children’s perception of politics

Dean of Faculty Angie Bos, who was appointed March 2, 2026, gave her first talk as a Dean of Occidental, called "U.S. Politics...

Alex Murillo and Robert De La Barcena pave the way for non-traditional students

In the 2026—2027 academic year, Occidental has welcomed a number of non-traditional students, according to Vanessa Gonzalez-Wright, director of the Intercultural Community Center (ICC)....

Professors Take Part in Anti-Pollution Initiative

Author: Claire Diggins Urban and Environmental Policy (UEP) professor Martha Matsuoka and professor of Environmental Science James Sadd have joined forces with the "Clean Up Green...

Occidental’s Spoken Word Club Returns from Nationals

Author: Sam Byrne Four members of the Occidental Spoken Word Club traveled to the 2011 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI), a nation-wide poetry competition, last...

Student Protestors Work to Hold Banks Accountable

Author: Anne Ewbank Two Occidental students, juniors Alex Acuna and Noah Donnell-Kilmer, were arrested on Thursday Oct. 7 at the "Make Banks Pay" rally for protesting...

YCCA Strives To Live Up To Occidental’s Radical Rating

Author: Annie Wolfstone Occidental College is one of the nine most radical colleges in the country, according to a July 8 ranking in "The Huffington Post."...

Junior Fay Walker awarded Truman Scholarship for graduate education

Author: Ben DeLuca Three weeks ago, Diplomacy and World Affairs major Fay Walker (junior) received the coveted Harry S. Truman Scholarship. The scholarship awards $30,000 dollars...

CMC scandal exposes flaws

Author: Damian Mendieta   President Pamela Gann of Claremont McKenna College (CMC) announced in an internal email on Jan. 30 that the college had been falsifying its...

Elementary Students get College Experience

Author: Daniel Arkin Occidental hosted 44 fourth graders from Milagro Charter School, an elementary school in Lincoln Heights, last Wednesday for an annual program called Day...

Meatless Mondays comes to the Marketplace

Author: Shilpa Bhongir The Marketplace will now offer students an extended selection of vegetarian options on Mondays nights, as part of the nation-wide Meatless Mondays campaign...